I just heard about the new name regulations. Makes me glad my name is so original! No offense to all the 2's and 3's out there now...
Here is another chapter for you all. Enjoy kudasai!
Disclaimer: If I was making money off of this thing, then why would I spend my time posting it on the INTERNET?
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Yahiko grumbled as he tried to balance two giant bowls of tofu and a heavy bag of rice.
'Jeeze, just cause some weird guy's trying to get us, Kaoru can't even go to the store herself. And I bet she'll complain on how long I'm taking too!'
At the bridge, Yahiko gave up juggling the three items and set them down on the ground, jumping to squat on the railing. It was late afternoon, but the sun wasn't very low yet so he could see clearly. No one was in the river today, although some people had been seen swimming yesterday. The massive heat wave had cooled off, it was now the quite-bearable normal heat of summer instead of the inside of an oven.
"Sure was fun seeing Sano kissing water like that though," he chuckled as he remembered their swim. Right now the river was lower then normal from all the heat, and Yahiko could see it winding off in both directions for a good mile or so.
"Too bad they're all so busy trying to understand that stupid clue to go swimming or have any fun. What the heck does kissing have to do with anything?"
"You know, I can just see Sano puckering up for some big water snake too!"
Yahiko sniggered, then looked almost thoughtful.
"Hmm. Water. Snake. Sano kissing a water…Sano kissing the water? Whoa! I can't believe I didn't figure this out sooner!"
Yahiko bolted for the Kamiya Dojo, one tofu bowl in each arm and the rice bag on his head, completely oblivious to the pair of mysterious gray eyes that watched him with begrudged approval
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"Are you sure this is what the note meant Yahiko?"
"Positive! The river's the snake and we all know how much fun Sano had kissing the water!"
Yahiko grinned until receiving a slap from the back of Sanosuke's hand. Yahiko then proceeded to bite Sanosuke's head.
"But where would the next clue be? Under the bridge? Under the water maybe?"
"Perhaps we should check the area where we were swimming, that we should."
Kenshin lead the way through the trees. The place was just as they had left it. Nothing too unusual to be found, until Kaoru spotted something at the top of the jumping rock. Yahiko brought it back down.
"So? What's it say Kaoru?"
"It says, 'I can't believe the _brat_ figured this one out before you. You're even dumber then I remember. Since I'm tired of sitting on my backside and waiting for you and your brainless friends to understand these little clues, it's time we stood face to face. Here's the meeting place: Wherever you would want me to be revealed, ask and there you are.'"
"Whoever wrote this sure has some issues."
"He sure seems to dislike one of us. Hmm…I don't think it's Yahiko."
"And remember the last clue? It's not Sano either!"
"Somehow, I get the feeling Kaoru's enemies would just attack and get things over with."
"Yeah, she does tend to tick off the dumber ones!"
Kaoru slapped both of the grinning idiots with a single backhand.
"Morons. If it's not me, or Yahiko, or Sanosuke, there's only one person this guy's after."
"Kenshin!"
But Kenshin was already gone.
Here is another chapter for you all. Enjoy kudasai!
Disclaimer: If I was making money off of this thing, then why would I spend my time posting it on the INTERNET?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Yahiko grumbled as he tried to balance two giant bowls of tofu and a heavy bag of rice.
'Jeeze, just cause some weird guy's trying to get us, Kaoru can't even go to the store herself. And I bet she'll complain on how long I'm taking too!'
At the bridge, Yahiko gave up juggling the three items and set them down on the ground, jumping to squat on the railing. It was late afternoon, but the sun wasn't very low yet so he could see clearly. No one was in the river today, although some people had been seen swimming yesterday. The massive heat wave had cooled off, it was now the quite-bearable normal heat of summer instead of the inside of an oven.
"Sure was fun seeing Sano kissing water like that though," he chuckled as he remembered their swim. Right now the river was lower then normal from all the heat, and Yahiko could see it winding off in both directions for a good mile or so.
"Too bad they're all so busy trying to understand that stupid clue to go swimming or have any fun. What the heck does kissing have to do with anything?"
"You know, I can just see Sano puckering up for some big water snake too!"
Yahiko sniggered, then looked almost thoughtful.
"Hmm. Water. Snake. Sano kissing a water…Sano kissing the water? Whoa! I can't believe I didn't figure this out sooner!"
Yahiko bolted for the Kamiya Dojo, one tofu bowl in each arm and the rice bag on his head, completely oblivious to the pair of mysterious gray eyes that watched him with begrudged approval
…
"Are you sure this is what the note meant Yahiko?"
"Positive! The river's the snake and we all know how much fun Sano had kissing the water!"
Yahiko grinned until receiving a slap from the back of Sanosuke's hand. Yahiko then proceeded to bite Sanosuke's head.
"But where would the next clue be? Under the bridge? Under the water maybe?"
"Perhaps we should check the area where we were swimming, that we should."
Kenshin lead the way through the trees. The place was just as they had left it. Nothing too unusual to be found, until Kaoru spotted something at the top of the jumping rock. Yahiko brought it back down.
"So? What's it say Kaoru?"
"It says, 'I can't believe the _brat_ figured this one out before you. You're even dumber then I remember. Since I'm tired of sitting on my backside and waiting for you and your brainless friends to understand these little clues, it's time we stood face to face. Here's the meeting place: Wherever you would want me to be revealed, ask and there you are.'"
"Whoever wrote this sure has some issues."
"He sure seems to dislike one of us. Hmm…I don't think it's Yahiko."
"And remember the last clue? It's not Sano either!"
"Somehow, I get the feeling Kaoru's enemies would just attack and get things over with."
"Yeah, she does tend to tick off the dumber ones!"
Kaoru slapped both of the grinning idiots with a single backhand.
"Morons. If it's not me, or Yahiko, or Sanosuke, there's only one person this guy's after."
"Kenshin!"
But Kenshin was already gone.